A Place Like This

Category: Gardening

  • The Rhythm of the Garden

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Inbetween the rain drops and the cold weather, we're preparing our garden for planting. there is something so hopeful in this project. It is the reconnection with the earth and the hope that spring will be here very soon. While growing up, my family had a huge garden, almost verging on a farm. A couple…

  • Early Morning

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Eventhough it's been raining, I decided that this year I wouldn't lose my blueberry bushes to the privet hedge. So out I trod over soggy land to start digging out my wonderful little friends…..the blueberry bushes. This morning greeted me with mild temperatures, a lovely fog, and the threat of rain. I'm just going to…

  • A Day of Beauty

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    Valarie Budayr
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    The last couple of days have seen us in our home doing "winter" type activities. Tropical storm Ida brought with her several inches of rains and wind,so when the sun came out today I decided it was time for a day of beauty. It's amazing how quickly things change in a garden. One minute we…

  • How Much is Too Many?

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    Valarie Budayr
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    I ask this pertaining to the topic of carrots, but I'll get to this is a little bit. Being back home has been wonderful. There is a lot of things going on. We are replacing all of the windows in our very old house,the kids were out on fall break and we saw many colleges…

  • Portland Farmer’s Market

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Everyday thePortland's Farmer's Market finds a different corner of the city to sell it's finest produce,cheese,fish, flowers, and baked goods in, all tossed up with some fantastic live music.  Best of all….they invite school age children to take cooking classes at the market to prepare an in season feast. Bon Appetit !        

  • My Morning Stroll

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    Valarie Budayr
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            Everyday before my little household wakes up I find myself alone in one of two places. In winter I am wrapped up in a blanket sitting on my screen porch, viewing the mountains as the sun comes up. In summer,I wander around my garden and see how things have evolved while I've been asleep.…

  • By the Light, of the Silvery Moon…it’s time to get planted

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    Valarie Budayr
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             Hello friends. It's so good to be home. I was away in Savannah last week, more about that later. All the way home, all seven hours of the way home, I was thinking about planting the kitchen garden this weekend. I always think of myself as a challenged gardener. I do grow a great…

  • Renewal

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    Valarie Budayr
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                                                       I've just returned home to an entirely new season. When I left it was cold and rainy with only a couple of sprouts coming up from the earth. Now spring has truly sprung and with a renewal of my love of gardening. Starting in January when the seed catalogs come I…

  • Plums in Waiting

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    Valarie Budayr
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    As I was sitting on the screen porch today enjoying a warm Sunday afternoon, I noticed the plum tree in the kitchen garden leaning to the right side, as if very heavy.  So I had to see for myself…..could it be that this plum tree, that I planted 6 years ago finally has fruit on…